Your Favorite Nuts; No Puns, Please

BearBio said:
Me too (re: Filberts and Hazelnuts).

BTW: Uncooked cashews can be deadly. And poison oak is a member of the cashew family.
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Bio-

Thanks for noting that. I mentioned it in a fan fic where it applied, and my Brazilian acquaintance confirmed it.

Are any other well known nuts dangerous unroasted?

I'll check on that filberts/hazelnuts/chestnut issue. It has me curious.
 
Acorns are poisinous to Goldens. I don't eat them either.
Wait, thats really mast, not nuts. nevermind. nuts,
 
Well, I reckon I'd go along with my childhood experiences. Local concern roasted coffee and had a peanut roaster outside.

If you got within two blocks you could smell the place.

You get there and his peanut roaster is going strong.


AND:

I truly believe the sign on the side of it: 20 Million monkeys can't be wrong...Peanuts must be good.

Love'm salted in the shell, roasted, raw, boiled, etc. Keep a jar of dry roasted on hand most all the time.
 
handejector said:
Raw cashews are not toxic in and of themselves.

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raw cashew nuts - are they really raw? (cashew apple tree)

Truly raw cashews are also difficult to obtain.
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Lee-

That was a fascinating link! Thanks. :)

In the case of my fan fic, the explorers were gathering the nuts in the remote Brazilian jungle, and they were fresh off the trees. Those were definitely raw. They didn't want to take chances. A prominent biologist with them told them how to deal with the cashews, for safe consumption. Local Indians also taught them how to prepare them. I think manioc is also toxic if not prepared the right way. It's amazing that people learn how to deal with such matters when they need food. But the human race is clever and adaptable, thank goodness.
 
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cashews are great,but nobody mentioned pecans in the shell. that's my favorite raw nut. cashews are roasted.
 
Pistachios and cashews. I would say spanish peanuts but technically peanuts are not nuts. They're beans.
 
Brazil nuts
English Walnuts
Cashews
I love grabbing a couple of pecans off the ground and cracking them in my hand. Can't get much fresher than that.
I also like black walnuts but dang that's a lot of work for very little gain.

CW
 
Karnivore, are we the only southerners on here??? Boiled peanuts all the way. Best when they come out of the ground, washed and then in the boiler with a hand full of salt for a hour or so, yummm. Course boiled peanuts are a love'um or hate'um proposition.
Larry
 
1) Turkish pistachios! Way smaller than the garden variety usually sold, but the flavor is pure heaven. I used to buy a bunch every time I was in Canada. My second favorite flavor behind morrel mushrooms.

2) Lightly salted pecans

I can't describe how much I miss any nuts at all. Since being diagnosed with end stage kidney disease, and being on dialysis since last September, I cannot eat any nuts (no jokes please) due to the high phosphorous level in them. :(
 
They're all good. Pistachios pecans and almonds are my top three. Smokehouse almonds are right there also. Want something good-melt some butter-pour it into a gallon zip lock-add some Tony's seasoning (or whatever y'all use) and a bunch of shelled pecans-shake to coat and roast in the oven.
 
I hate to break it to you guys, but most of those aren't even nuts! If we're talking true nuts, I'd have to say Chestnuts.

If we're talking CULINARY nuts (not real nuts) then I like raw, unsalted almonds. They're good AND good for your heart. However, almonds are not nuts. The "nut" is the seed inside of a drupe. You'd be surprised how many foods you eat are actually drupes.

I'm also a fan of cashews (botanically, they're a seed, not a nut) and pistachios (also a drupe)... and peanuts (actually a bean, not a nut) still in the shell.

Sorry... I couldn't resist.
 
Arizona grown pecan's for starters....

Nothin better than Arizona grown pecans, Fresh and golden and very nice. And of course good old salted and roasted peanuts in the shell....with an Ice cold Pepsi to wash it down.
 
Not a true nut, but my ALL TIME FAVORITE is soybeans fresh off the bush. They have the same flavor as raw peanuts.

If you want to limit this to true nuts then my vote goes to the pecan (Pronouced Pah-kan). Preferably mixed with cane sugar and cream, AKA a Praline (Prah-Leen). For anyone north of the M-D line or that doesn't know what a Praline is (Again pronounced Prah-leen), think of the BEST peanut brittle you have ever had. Then think of the "Best Time" (:D) you have ever had. Combine the two and you now have a Prah-Leen.

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